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DIALECTICAL SWORDPLAY IN PLATO’S LACHES 柏拉图小说中的辩证剑术

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2019-03-14 DOI: 10.7445/63-0-992

D. Futter

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Kleur En Kleurpersepsie: 'N Oorsig Van Moderne En Antieke Beskouinge 色彩程序：现代和古代观点预览

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-974

R. Meyer

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Totius and the imagery of doom and imperial destruction 托提乌斯与末日和帝国毁灭的意象

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-977

S. Sharland

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Conceptions and Implications of a 'Civilising Mission': Roman Views of Germans, Gauls and Britons Compared with the Perception of the Xhosa by Sir Harry Smith “文明使命”的概念和含义:罗马人对日耳曼人、高卢人和不列颠人的看法与科萨人的看法的比较

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-973

Harry Smith, A. Wezel, Harry Smith, Benjamin Franklin

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The Classical Association of South Africa: Further documents 1955 – 1959 南非古典协会:1955 - 1959年进一步文件

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-978

W. Henderson

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Sports, entertainment, and the Classical world: Their usefulness to modern sports policy 体育、娱乐和古典世界:它们对现代体育政策的用处

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-959

A. Hermann

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The Dialectic of Community in Plato's Republic 柏拉图《理想国》中的共同体辩证法

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2018-05-01 DOI: 10.7445/62-2-976

D. Futter

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St Paul's Encounter with Athenian Stoics and Epicureans 圣保罗与雅典斯多葛学派和伊壁鸠鲁学派的相遇

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2017-04-01 DOI: 10.7445/61-1-964

J. Atkinson

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EMERALDS AND EMBASSIES IN THE ETHIOPIAN STORY OF HELIODORUS 祖母绿与驻埃塞俄比亚大使馆赫利奥多罗斯的故事

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2017-04-01 DOI: 10.7445/61-1-963

J. Hilton

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KVSA VERTAALPRYS / CASA TRANSLATION PRIZE

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Akroterion-Journal for the Classics in South Africa Pub Date : 2017-04-01 DOI: 10.7445/61-1-968

Evert Pistorius

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